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$1,000 for an Art Teacher

For students, ages 5-15, deadline Feb. 5, 2010. VSA arts of Maine announces All Kids Can… Create!, call for Children’s Art. All Maine children with and without disabilities are invited to submit artwork.

All teachers submitting their students’ work are elligible to receive $1,000 for their classroom.

All types of visual art are accepted and one selection will be chosen to represent the State of Maine in a national exhibition in Washington D.C.

Application and guidelines for entry can be found on the VSA arts of Maine website by clicking here. For additional information or questions concerining eligibility, please contact VSA arts of Maine’s Education Director, Rachel Spatz at rspatz@vsartsmaine.org or please call 207-930-0190

Teacher Magazine publishes article on the link between the Arts and other Content

This article gives a brief overall in the importance of making meaningful conditions. Read Fine-Arts Techniques Linked with Academics by clicking here.

Win $500 for Your School!

Albert Einstein developed his theory of relativity, E=CI², at the age of 26, and it became the most famous equation of the 20th century. In Maine, we have a new theory of prosperity for the 21st century, which is that prosperity is tied to education and education is only as good as our students’ creativity, imagination, and innovation.

In other words, E=CI².

The Maine Design Team, a group of innovative thinkers from our local schools, higher education, the legislature, the business community, the arts community, and the Maine Learning Technology Institute (MLTI) has formed to kickstart Maine’s learning environments and build on all the ways that we can teach our students to imagine, innovate, and create.

With that in mind, the Maine Design Team would like to see what sorts of amazing work is already happening all around the state.  We invite students, teachers, and administrators from any Maine school to submit a digital video that highlights their most innovative, imaginative, and creative project.  The winning school will be chosen by the members of the Maine Design Team and receive $500.  Several other schools will have their innovative work publicly acknowledged.

Who: Any student, teacher, or administrator from a school in Maine

What: Submit a short digital video (maximum 2 minutes long) that demonstrates how your students are being asked to imagine, innovate, and create.

Where: Send a DVD to Lindsay Rowe, Maine Arts Commission, 193 State Street, 25 State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04333-0025.  Any questions can be directed to Lindsay Rowe at 207/287-6720 or lindsay.rowe@maine.gov or please go to the MAC website by clicking here.

When: Submit by April 1

Why:
·   Because you want to show how creative, innovative, and imaginative your students are and highlight the great work happening at your school

·   Because you want to win $500 for your school’s next creative project